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Unknown Artist, 17th century

Book cover

17th centuryPersian

Krishna and Yudhishthira discuss the Great War, Bhagavata Purana Book Ten, Chapter 74 (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Unknown Artist, c. 1720 - 1730

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Krishna kidnaps Rukmini, Bhagavata Purana Book Ten, Chapter 53 (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a Bhagavata Purana series

Unknown Artist, c. 1720 - 1730

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

A King Killed by Rama’s Arrow

Unknown Artist, mid-18th century

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper; Rajput Style

First Meeting of Rama and Lakshmana with Hanuman, from a Ramayana

Unknown Artist, c. 1720

Ink and opaque watercolor on paper

Death of Alexander (painting, recto; text, verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama of Firdawsi

Unknown Artist, 17th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th centuryPersian

Panegyric text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Persian poetry

Unknown Artist, 17th century

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

17th centuryIndian

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 23: 80-92 (recto), Sura 23: 92-104 (verso)

Unknown Artist, 9th century

Ink on parchment

9th centuryArab

Illustrated manuscript of Khusraw and Shirin of Sheyhi

Unknown Artist, c. 1500

Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

16th centuryOttoman

Manuscript of a Religious Text in Arabic

Unknown Artist, 1836

Ink on paper

19th centuryOttoman?

Verses on the Behavior of Sufis (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Gulistan by Sa'di

Unknown Artist, 17th-18th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

17th-18th centuryPersian

Table of Contents (recto); text (verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha, right-hand side of a bifolio

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of Yusuf va Zulaykha, left-hand side of a bifolio

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, right-hand side of a bifolio

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Frontispiece from a Prayer Book (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript, left-hand side of a bifolio

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Sura Titles from the Qur'an

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Introduction to the Bustan by Sa'di, folio from a manuscript

Unknown Artist, 16th century

Ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper

Folio from a Qur'an: Sura 5: 73 - 77 (recto), Sura 5: 77 - 82 (verso)

Unknown Artist, 9th-10th century

Ink on parchment

9th-10th centuryIslamic

Cavalry Battle